Not because nothing is going on.......

But because so much is going on, thats probably the biggest reason for no new updates in awhile. That and I get lazy about it when I am stressed out and stretched thin.
First off, we are getting ready to round out the end of the school year here in a few short weeks. Spring Break was a whirlwind, lots going on, including the fact that Lucas's dental work did NOT get done once again. This time its cause he has a nasty cough going on, along with a cold, and they cannot work on him like that. he is back on 3x a day breathing treatments til the cough goes away, which I know means NEVER. It NEVER goes away. I will deal with that in a few weeks, though.

Lucas saw the pediactric gatroenterologist a few weeks ago, since we cannot put a finger on this throat/tummy pain he has complained of for a year now. I am finally tried of dealing with it to no avail and since the reflux meds did not seem to help, its on to the next step. The dr had me take him off the Prevacid, as it was not helping, and the meds come with their own list of possible issues, and she feels it may be more intestinal so we are upping his Miralax for now. He had a ton of blood taken, which I have not called on yet, since he is scheduled to have an Endoscopy on May 26. Happy first day of Summer Break kid, lets have a camera shoved down your throat! but I really want to see what is going on and if there is an issue, fix it, if not, I guess I better get the kid to a head dr next. She also wanted him to get tested for lactose intolerance and fructose intolerance, but after finding out they are two seperate procedures, have crazy specific rules and are going to cause way more stress than an endoscopy, I decided not to do those for now. I KNOW he is lactose intolerant without a test and the kid has been thru enough. I think we can get what we need from the blood tests and the endoscopy. Yikes!

Next up is Omar. Over the last year I have grown increasingly worried about him. he gained 20 lbs over the last year and its his incessant drinking of water to the point where all three water dishes are empty every 5 minutes that got me to take him to the vet. He has all the symptoms of Cushings disease, in which there are 2 forms, but can be difficult to diagnose. However, after all kinds of blood work and several different kinds of urine tests, it is not Cushings after all. His kidneys are definitely not functioning properly and he is excreting way too much protein. he was put on a human medication that I cannot remember the name of, to help his kidneys function properly. I spoke with Dr Hart this morning after getting the results of the further testing we were doing on his urine and she said it is up to us if we want to take him to a specialist where he would undoubtedly repeat bloodwork and probably get a doggy MRI for millions of dollars. Its not that we have any extra money to spend but for our Omar we would. But she said that only half of dogs who get the further testing get a conclusive diganosis and the end treatment would probably be the same as we are doing now. So we agreed we would wait a couple more weeks, have another urine test done to check the protein level and if its normal, we know the meds are working properly. She said that based on the rest of his bloodwork, symptoms and general appearance( she has been his vet since he was a baby) that she does not think he is really very ill, or cancerous and that this is just something needing to be maintained for the rest of his life. So we will see how he does in a few more weeks and what his protein level is. His cholesterol is also elevated, which is not uncommon when there is a kidney malfunction, so the risk for blood clots is more prominent, so he will now also be taking a baby aspirin. Hopefully that is all that will be needed. We love our puppies like we love our kid, so having anythign wrong with any of them totally stresses me out. Couple that with Lucas's issues, and I am a mess.

But Lucas has an outing for school to Kiddie Park in a coulle weeks I am looking forward to, as well as a little program on his last day of school that will be adorable for sure. Not looking forward to worrying about childcare for the summer, but ready to not worry about homework and packing lunches for a few mos : )